Manes v. Hines & McNair Hotels, Inc.

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.

Suit was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Ella Manes. Her husband also instituted a suit for medical expenses and loss of service. The cases were tided together. Mrs. Manes suffered injuries by falling on a slippery floor in the Railway on the fourth floor of the Watauga Hotel operated by defendants, which is located on the corner of Gay Street and Magnolia Avenue in the city of Knoxville. The. circuit judge sustained a motion for a directed verdict at the close of the plaintiff’s proof on the ground that Mrs. Manes was…